The degrowth movement questions whether it is possible to construct a green future that supports our current ways of living, proposing that we learn to live with less. nyer.cm/oZuGSST

“Gold rushes always finish ugly, and this AI rush is another one of those. It will resemble that glamorous Atomic Age transition from "energy too cheap to meter" to "garbage too expensive to bury." — AI Bubble Poster Child newsweek.com/2023/07/21/ai-…

Writer Susan Yelavich considers how the emerging practice of transition design seeks to untangle the knottiest crises of our time. #transitiondesign #design untappedjournal.com/issues/issue-6…

My newest article, for the The New Statesman. I go into some details about what led me out of the EA/longtermist cult, and explain why these ideologies could be profoundly dangerous: newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/08/…

(1/2) Frequent investigations on human #labour required for #AI revealing uncomfortable truths about tech's emancipatory potential. theguardian.com/technology/202… Me and Mark Graham 🌃✨ have a Oxford Academic book 'The Digital Continent' based on 5-years of empirical research between 2015-2020.

CALL FOR PAPERS: More-Than-Human Design in Practice 🎨🐉🍀🛠️ With these wonderful co-chairs, I'm organising a special track for the DRS2024 Boston conference Iohanna Nicenboim Dr. Laura Forlano Elisa Giaccardi @arneberger Dr. Cristina Zaga Full info and submission system here: drs2024.org/theme-tracks/#…

To some more-than-human friends... please share this Tweet, submit, and come along! ImaginationLancaster Ron Wakkary Marie Louise Juul Nadia Campo Woytuk Noura Howell Dr Angelika Strohmayer ✊🇪🇺 @ProfTriviality .. + I wonder what a 'more-than-human' paper looks like anyway, does it have to be 5000 words?

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's ambitious exhibition Atmospheric Memory is open Powerhouse Museum until 5 November. Check out this great read about the exhibition The Guardian theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Lovely interview with this year's keynote speaker monika bielskyte in Salon, talking about the need for protopian futures. Can't wait to hear more about this in just two weeks from now. salon.com/2023/07/29/vis…

The ChatGPT revolution is another tech fantasy, by Paris Marx (find me on bluesky) disconnect.blog/p/the-chatgpt-…

Empire of dust: what the tiniest specks reveal about the world Jay Owens theguardian.com/news/2023/aug/… "... it is inescapable. And if we pay close attention, we can see the biggest things – time, death and life itself – within these tiny floating particles"

What if AI spoke for our rivers? Excited to share Superflux's latest work: The Ecological Intelligence Agency - a speculative, commons-owned initiative that advocates for the ecological health of our more-than-human companions🌎With Policy Lab UK @DefraGov superflux.in/index.php/work…

Must read 🤩 Many researchers explore "what happens when a #chatbot begins to feed on its text". But "cultural damage doesn’t even require #bias or system collapse. Just driving a broad part of a population towards mediocrity might be damaging enough" #AI mindmatters.ai/2023/08/meet-m…

Sigue la conversación de #DiseñadoresdelFuturo IV con BBVA México Conoce algunas ideas sobre el diseño de futuros y los futuros del diseño junto a Jorge Camacho. Toda la información, en.centro.edu.mx/48e1zSq #ComunidadCreativa #hechoenCENTRO #diseño #futuros #design #designfutures

My latest in The Guardian underlines why the messages in #TheEntrepreneurialState are more relevant than ever: we need entrepreneurial states that aren’t afraid to bring economic, social and environmental priorities into alignment. Read ➡️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Analysis: How some of the world’s largest companies rely on carbon offsets to ‘reach net-zero’ interactive.carbonbrief.org/carbon-offsets…

Folks in or coming to Philly in the next 2 weeks - come see our show! This exhibit showcases findings from a 2.5yr research project tracing the global flows of digital wasting from mining, manufacturing, operations, to discard.